Computer Facilities
A wide variety of computing resources are available to Manhattan College students, faculty, and staff via JasperNet, the college’s campus-wide network. JasperNet deploys computing and information services to campus laboratories, classrooms, the library, and offices, as well as to student residence halls. Internet access is provided by a high speed DS3 connection.
Twelve microcomputer laboratories are located on the Manhattan College campus in the Research and Learning Center, DeLaSalle Hall, and Miguel Hall. These laboratories serving all Schools of the College, support approximately 275 Pentium based microcomputers running under Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Linux and 18 high performance CAD/CAM workstations. The new library/technology center supports 40 Pentium IV systems in a library commons area, 30 in a 24x7 accessible lab, a 40 seat multimedia classroom and an internet cafe. Wireless 802.11b/g network access is available throughout the library and in student common areas including the dining halls.
JasperNet provides file sharing, printing services, and shared access to software applications. Network services include E-mail with Web access and laser printing in the laboratories. A wide range of software is available including math and statistical packages (Maple, MathCad, MatLab, SPSS), spreadsheets (Excel), compilers (C++, Visual C++, Visual Basic, Visual J ++, Fortran), databases (Access), word processors (MS Word), presentation graphics (PowerPoint), multimedia authoring (Macromedia Director), web browsers (Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer) as well as department-specific applications (E.g. I-DEAS, AutoCAD LT, FLUENT). JasperNet provides full ethernet connectivity to students in all of the College’s residence halls. Students living in these networked buildings can connect their own networkable desktop or notebook computer directly to JasperNet. General support is provided at http://helpdesk.manhattan.edu.
The College’s web server - http://www.manhattan.edu - is maintained by the Computer Center and supports thousands of web pages including online catalogs, handbooks, and policies. JasperNet also supports online admissions, registration, scheduling, grading and payment at a secure website: https://self-service.manhattan.edu. Faculty members maintain web pages for their courses on a separate file server to facilitate the posting of online courseware. The college also supports the Blackboard Learning System with many courses having their own online web space including online materials, threaded discussion lists, a virtual classroom and digital drop boxes. A streaming video server for course content is also available.
Computer laboratories are equipped for digital overhead projection and many are used as hands-on classrooms. Portable microcomputers with projection capabilities are used by instructors for demonstration purposes in other classrooms throughout the campus which are linked to JasperNet. Manhattan College also has servers running the Open VMS, UNIX and LINUX operating systems with compiler support for academic computing along with three Sun servers running Solaris and Oracle for administrative computing. These servers housed in the Research and Learning Center (RLC) are also linked to JasperNet and telnet and remote VPN access is supported.
Computer Laboratory Hours:
Research & Learning Center Lab
| Monday -Friday: | 8:00 a.m.-10:30 p.m. |
| Weekends: | 10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. |
DeLaSalle - CIS Labs
| Monday -Friday: | 8:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. |
| Weekends: | 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. |
(Extended Hours Provided as Required)
O’Malley Library Computing Labs
Open 24 hours, Monday-Friday and weekends:
Electronic Commons
Multimedia Classrooms
South Reading Room